Cultures and Civilizations (Silk & Spice Routes)
By Struan Reid.
Description
Unravelling the history of relations between the East and the West along the great silk and spice routes, this book is on the cultures linked by trade. It is one of a series which promotes this history covering the earliest Chinese explorations to the flowering of cities and civilizations founded on the exchange of ideas and the development of trade. The history of humankind, its cultures and civilizations, is inextricably linked with the development of trade. Cities grew up around the markets it took place in and empires were built on the wealth it created. Across Asia, the paths of the si...
ISBN(s)
1855612658, 9781855612655
